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The Pico del Veleta road. This is a list of the highest paved roads in Europe.It includes roads that are at least 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) long and whose culminating point is at least 2,000 metres (6,562 feet) above sea level.
The highest paved road in Slovakia. 1853 m [8] Galdhøpiggvegen: Jotunheimen Norway: Dead end: Bøverdalen & Juvasshytta: Highest road in Norway as well as Northern Europe. The road is private but usable by the public and paved. The last 9 km are tolled.
The access road that takes one to approximately 10 metres below the summit is the highest paved road in Europe across the mountains from Granada to the western Alpujarras. This road was built before the creation of the Sierra Nevada National Park in 1999. [4] It has since been closed to general traffic beyond Hoya de la Mora, just above the ski ...
This is a list of countries (or regions) by total road network size, both paved and unpaved.Also included is additional data on the length of each country or region's controlled-access highway network (also known as a motorway, expressway, freeway, etc.), designed for high vehicular traffic.
The Tremola San Gottardo, located in the Canton of Ticino, is the longest road monument in Switzerland and is listed in the inventory of the historic Swiss roads (IVS). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It connects the municipality of Airolo (1175 m a.s.l.) to the Gotthard Pass (2106 m a.s.l.).
The Ötztal Glacier Road is the highest paved road in the Alps. It is the access road from Sölden to the Rettenbach glacier and the Tiefenbachferner glacier. The highest point of the glacier road is at southern end of the ski tunnel ( 46°55′29″N 10°56′40″E / 46.92472°N 10.94444°E / 46.92472; 10.94444
Pages in category "Lists of highest points in Europe" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... List of highest paved roads in Europe by country; R.
Grossglockner High Alpine Road in autumn 1997 Hairpin turn near the summit. When, in 1924, a group of Austrian experts presented a plan for a road over the Hochtor (the high pass), they were ridiculed in a time when in Austria, Germany, and Italy there were only 154,000 private automobiles, 92,000 motorcycles, and 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) of long-distance asphalt roads.